It's not about the movie, it's about the spirit

Trisha 2022-04-19 09:01:50

Admittedly, this movie is really not like a good movie. The comment is not pretentious. Let’s take the simplest example: the movie I watched tonight, with a 70-yuan movie ticket, originally had 8 people. When I saw half of it, only me and one other person were left. . . .

But it moved me magically, and twice! Because those who originally had a good life, whether for the sake of faith or spirit, or pursuit, sacrificed their lives and defended the relics of civilization, this in itself is a thing worthy of admiration. Although it was not adequately represented by the movie, it was able to get the spirit.

It is mentioned twice in the play, which is more important, life or artwork?

I don't have a definite answer. But when I saw those artworks and relics that I did not understand in museums such as the Louvre, Odyssey, Uzi, Vatican, Cairo, etc., I was completely shocked and moved. I think that's what it means to be dedicated to art.

We don't know the deeds of those heroes or remember their names, but the moment we are struck by the artwork they sacrificed their lives to defend, they are worth more than the artwork itself.










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The Monuments Men quotes

  • Frank Stokes: You can wipe out an entire generation, you can burn their homes to the ground and somehow they'll still find their way back. But if you destroy their history, you destroy their achievements and it's as if they never existed. That's what Hitler wants and that's exactly what we are fighting for.

  • James Granger: Stop, stop. Stop. I seem to have stepped on a land mine... of some sort.

    Frank Stokes: Why d'you do something like that?

    James Granger: It was a slow day.

    Frank Stokes: Well, I wouldn't move.

    James Granger: I'd like to at some point.